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Laneya
01-05-2005, 10:07 AM
Don't know if this has been posted here before, but someone at work emailed it to me & I thought it was funny:


The Guys' Rules

At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down

Finally, the guys' side of the story. (I must admit, it's pretty good.)

We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules!

Please note... these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad! or angry, we meant the other one.

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both.

1. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine...Really.

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape. Round is a shape.

1. Thank you for reading this. Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight; but did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.

Phoenix McHeit
01-05-2005, 10:12 AM
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::aok: Yup I read those before, but they're still funny!

Lady Sarah
01-05-2005, 10:25 AM
I had seen this years ago... and had come up with The Woman's Answer to The Guy's Rules...

but it's been lost along the way in transit from computer to computer. ~sighs~ they were fekkin' funny too.. Still, this is a good hoot! :aok:

Kae
01-05-2005, 03:51 PM
I like the camping comment.
Kae

Bean
01-05-2005, 08:00 PM
I am printing as I type so my SO can take them to work!! They will have a good laugh....

Gemdrite
01-06-2005, 04:52 AM
I am not sure if this was the set of rules you had Sarah, but these are the ones that personally, I think are wonderful. This is a great website, and it is fun to surf around on. The language isn't always the best, fair warning, but it is still a good one. And just for the record, I don't necessarily agree with all of them, but I find all of them funny.

http://www.girlspoop.com/ARTICLES/guyscommand.htm

Gotta love the name of the link, anyways.

Lady Sarah
01-06-2005, 10:51 AM
I am not sure if this was the set of rules you had Sarah, but these are the ones that personally, I think are wonderful. This is a great website, and it is fun to surf around on. The language isn't always the best, fair warning, but it is still a good one. And just for the record, I don't necessarily agree with all of them, but I find all of them funny.

http://www.girlspoop.com/ARTICLES/guyscommand.htm

Gotta love the name of the link, anyways.

No, that wasn't them. ~L~ I didn't know about these at all. What I'd done is simply answered all of the Guy's Rules one by one and rebutted them to make it clear just how juvenile and assinine they really are. ~chuckle~ The girls I sent it to thought it was hilarious, the guys didn't speak to me for a few days.

Dragonfly
01-06-2005, 11:17 AM
Please note... these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

By this argument, you should also leave the car doors open overnight. You will need to use the car at some point, after all.

1. Sunday sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

Actually, those are forces of nature and will not be hindred by small things like a baseball bat to the screen or a sudden lack of electricity to the elementary room.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

Actually...I have to agree with that one.

1. Crying is blackmail.

Unless you were the asshole that said the thing that made me cry...and if it did, I sincerely hope you're wearing a cup because it will be followed with a kick to the groin. Crying is an emotion. What follows is a result of that emotion.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!

I do just say it. You just ignore it. Then I kick you in the shin to jog your memory and it gets ugly from there.

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

If that's the only way you can answer a question, you're too damned dumb to be my friend or my significant other. I would not want you around anyway.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

Okay...if I needed something around solely to fix leaky pipes and have sex I would invest in a wrench and a vibrator. They don't steal the sheets.

1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

Seeing as a great many men walk with their head up their ass for that long, I would suggest the same to them.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

Ahh...but you don't listen, so we need to REMIND you.
Besides, those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it...it's better that I remember everything done so you don't screw up again, or you get reminded as soon as it appears you might be about to.

1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls, don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.

At this point I'm glad you can dress yourself and you're capable of speech.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.

Wow, not going here...

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad! or angry, we meant the other one.

Nice out...unfortunately, we both know honestly you probably DID mean the one that made us sad or angry.

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both.

We only tell you after you fuck it up after we ask you.

1. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

What is this in reference to? Sex? I sincerely doubt this applies to sex...

1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

Reference first statement and reply concerning baseball bat.

1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we.

Pride goeth before the fall...If you waste an afternoon of my life because you get lost, I will find a more creative way to waste an afternoon of yours. It will probably involve duct tape and a ferret.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that.

Okay, understandable...but do you have to dig in the hole in the crotch of your jeans to do it?

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

This doesn't really apply, so...

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear.

Also doesn't really apply...

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine...Really.

So dinner with the boss to determine if you get promotoed and it's cool if I show up in my Iron Maiden band shirt from 1986 and a pair of sweatpants? Sweet...wish they'd told me that years ago.

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks.

If that's all you're capable off discussing, you wouldn't be with me anyway.

1. You have enough clothes.

Clothes fall apart or disappear or get "borrowed for a few days". I am stocking up.

1. You have too many shoes.

See previous.

1. I am in shape. Round is a shape.

I guarantee you if I was that shape you would throw a hissy fit and go find a skinnier girlfriend. Double standards suck.

1. Thank you for reading this. Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight; but did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.

Couch? right...try front porch on the concrete, buddy! Hah! :lol:

(That was fun!)

Jeannie Fitzgerald
01-06-2005, 12:38 PM
Please note... these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

Okay...if I needed something around solely to fix leaky pipes and have sex I would invest in a wrench and a vibrator. They don't steal the sheets.

One nice thing about being a lesbian; a good butch is even better than a wrench or a vibrator (men aren't even in the running). I like tools, just not the same kind straight women do (pardon the puns). :twisted: